Men's Golf Headline

Saturday May 17, 2014Fight Falls Short: Tomlinson's Postseason Run Comes to an End

Junior J.D.
Tomlinson’s hopes of advancing to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf
Championship came to an end at Auburn University Club this afternoon as
individual Marco Iten of Austin Peay ran away with medalist honors.

Tomlinson
concluded round three in the East Regional by improving one stroke, carding
rounds of 75-75-74 to end play at 8-over (T34). He sunk just four birdies over
the course of the weekend, making only one today on the par-5, 7th hole.

Despite
not being the best individual finisher, Tomlinson remained the second low-round
player with his 224. Iten fired a 67 this afternoon, propelling him to the top
of the leaderboard and solidifying his victory with a tournament score of 208
(-8), finishing four strokes ahead of Alabama’s Cory Whitsett (212).

No. 1
Alabama wrapped up the regional with the team title, finishing 11-under (853).
The five teams that will advance to the Championship are the Crimson Tide,
Kennesaw State, No. 25 Auburn, No. 12 Virginia Tech and No. 17 Texas.

Buddy’s
Bite: “Today
was pretty similar to the first two in that he drove the ball pretty well and
he putted pretty well today. But, unfortunately, this was the worst I’ve seen
J.D. pitch and chip and his iron play still was not sharp. But, he battled to
the end and that’s all anyone can ask of him. He’ll learn from this and he will
be a better player next year.”

The Race at Regionals:

Auburn Regional – Final Individual Results

Place

Player

Round 1-2-3

Score

1

Marco Iten (Austin Peay)

71-70-67

-8 (208)

T34

J.D. Tomlinson (FLORIDA)

75-75-74

+8 (224)

61

Theodore Lederhausen (Harvard)

81-76-75

+16 (232)

T64

Blake Morris (Ole Miss)

81-78-76

+19 (235)

T71

Jared Bettcher (Troy)

89-75-78

+26 (242)

Leaderboard (Golf World/Nike Golf Division I Coaches’
Poll):

Auburn Regional – Final Team Scores

Place

Team

Score

1

Alabama (1)

-11 (853)

2

Kennesaw State

+11 (875)

3

Auburn (25)

+14 (878)

4

Virginia Tech (12)

+18 (882)

5

Texas (17)

+20 (884)

6

New Mexico (22)

+21 (885)

T7

UNC Greensboro

+22 (886)

T7

BYU

+22 (886)

T9

Louisville

+24 (888)

T9

UC Davis

+24 (888)

11

Sam Houston State

+25 (889)

12

Colorado

+37 (901)

13

Alabama State

+49 (913)

14

St. John’s

+54 (918)

NOTE:
The top five teams will advance to the NCAA Championships in Hutchinson, Kansas
from May 23-28.